Spectropop - Digest Number 1736

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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004

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There are 11 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Dani Sheridan
From: Kingsley Abbott
2. Beach Boys
From: Richard Havers
3. Re: The Mark IV
From: Davie Gordon
4. Re: Michael Brown
From: Davie Gordon
5. The Ravenettes & The Germz on Vertigo
From: Barry Margolis
6. Bardell / Butane / Angie
From: Davie Gordon
7. Merry Clayton @ musica
From: Mick Patrick
8. Re: Merry Clayton @ musica
From: Dave Monroe
9. Re: The Mark IV
From: Gary Myers
10. Re: Terry Melcher, R.I.P.
From: Richard Havers
11. Brit Invasion / Radio London Hit lists / Terry Melcher
From: Clark Besch
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:00:51 -0000
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Dani Sheridan
Dani Sheridan's version of Guess I'm Dumb is also available on 'Guess
I'm Dumb - The Songs Of the Beach Boys' on Castle/Sanctuary CDRCD 295
(2002) where we had the pleasure of placing it as Track 2 right after
Todd Rundgrun's version of Good Vibrations. Also featured in the
collection are tracks by the Factotums, Peanut, Paper Dolls, Freshmen,
Tony Rivers/Castaways, and, saved for near the end, our own Mr Wirtz's
version of I Can Hear Music.
Kingsley
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:15:32 +0000
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Beach Boys
Anyone who missed seeing the Beach Boys during their UK tour in the
last couple of weeks missed an absolute treat. To say they were good
would be an understatement, to say they exceeded most anyone's
expectations as to their set list would be too. The Mike and Bruce led
band was nothing short of outstanding.
The set list, as well as containing the usual suspects, ran to 54 songs
most nights - shows lasted 2 hours and 30 - 40 minutes (without a
break!). Highlights, for me at least, were:- Bluebirds over the
Mountain, Kiss me baby The Warmth of the Sun, Please Let me wonder,
Darlin', You Still believe in Me, Don't worry Baby, Their Hearts Were
full Of Spring, Til I Die, Disney Girls, Come Go With Me, God Only
Knows, Sail On Sailor, All Summer Long, and even Little St Nick.
The quality of the playing was excellent and the additional vocals of
Randell Kirsch, Scott Totten, Chris Farmer and John Cowsill were all of
the highest quality. Mike was in the best voice I have heard him in
years, on many of the early hits you could close your eyes and it
believe you were back there! Bruce was the biggest revalation. Just 8
weeks after massive heart surgery he was in the best voice he has been
for many a year. His dedication to Carl on God Only Knows and wonderful
performance was very touching. They also did a perfect rendition of
Disney Girls.
For me it's what a live show is all about, uplifting, and joyous. As a
celebration of Brian and the Beach Boys it was superb. There is no
question that Brian's shows are a musical treat, but so were the two
shows that I saw of the BBs (Glasgow and London). I know Mike and Bruce
and so I admit that I am not unbiased. But I've met Brian a few times,
adore his music and similarly know Jeff Foskett and rate him very
highly too. The fact is there is room in the world for both bands -
both bring immense pleasure and both make me 'Smile'.
Let's get back to the beach!
Richard
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:52:12 -0000
From: Davie Gordon
Subject: Re: The Mark IV
Gary Myers:
> They are shown in Whitburn as the same group that did "I Got A Wife",
> but I don't know how accurate that is.
Gary, Al's right - they're the same group. If I remember rightly they
were from the Chicago area and were managed by Eddie Mascari and Erwin
"Dutch" Wenzlaff who were initially independent producers until Mascari
got a staff job at Mercury - he was later to run Mercury's Limelight
subsidiary.
THE MARK IV (Cosmic 704) 02/58
SHAKE (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
FORTY FIVE R.P.M. (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
THE MARK IV (Mercury 71403) 01/59
I GOT A WIFE (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
AH-OO-GAH (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
THE MARK IV (Mercury 71445) 1959
DANTE'S INFERNO (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
MOVE OVER ROVER (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
THE MARK IV (Mercury 71481) 1959
MAIRZY DOATS (trad. ?)
RING, RING, RING THOSE BELLS (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
Davie
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:01:44 -0000
From: Davie Gordon
Subject: Re: Michael Brown
Gerry House wrote:
> I haven't been able to find out whatever happened to Michael Brown.
Gary Myers:
> I have an email address for Robert Callili, co-writer of "Walk Away
> Renee". If you'd like, I can forward an email to him.
There's a Left Banke Yahoo group at
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/leftbanke
I haven't had the time to check for recent MB sightings but I'd
recommend joining the group.
Davie
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 16:12:31 -0000
From: Barry Margolis
Subject: The Ravenettes & The Germz on Vertigo
I have two rare singles on a Roulette distributed label that has
something to do wtih legendary George Goldner.
The singles are:
THE GERMZ Vertigo V-8001
NO EASY WAY DOWN/BOY GIRL LOVE
---top side is written by Goffin-King. I've read that they were
involved with this group, but I don't immediately detect King's
voice on either side.
THE RAVENETTES Vertigo V-8002
BABY PULL MY HEART STRINGS/TAKING IT ALL IN YOUR STRIDE
---Written by Bob Lane and Fran Robbins.
Wonderful, tough-ass Black girl group sound.
Previously I posted a list of singles by the wonderfully awful
THREE GRACES on Golden Crest. Does anyone have any comment on them
at all?
Here's two other cool obscure Girl Groups:
THE JAYE TRIPLETS Goal G-102
(NIGHTMARE) I DIDN'T WANNA FIGHT/NOTHING'S THE SAME WITHOUT YOU
----cover of the Lori Burton classic.
ILA VANN Roulette R-7036
KEEP ON LAUGHIN', BABY/EVERY LITTLE LIVING DREAM
----I know she's recorded other singles, but this one is really
great.
I'd love any comments on any of the above.
Thanx, Barry in Minneapolis
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:24:42 -0000
From: Davie Gordon
Subject: Bardell / Butane / Angie
Hans Huss wrote:
> Didn't Bardell have a sister label called Angie? There is at least
> one record by the Laddins (featuring the great Frankie Gearing)
> - 'Push, Shake, Kick And Shout' - that came out on both labels
> (Bardell 776 and Angie 1003).
Hans, I don't know if Bardell and Angie were connected but it looks
as if the Bardell label changed its name to Butane - the numbers fit.
BARDELL
774 ALICE WONDER LAND
HE'S MINE (AND I LOVE HIM, LOVE HIM, LOVE HIM0 (Stephen Schlaks,
Charles Weiss)
CHA LINDE (Stephen Schlaks, Howard Farber)
775 ALICE WONDER LAND
RED 'N YELLA BEACH UMBRELLA
CHURCH BELLS IN THE DARK
776 THE LADDINS
PUSH, SHAKE, KICK AND SHOUT
PUSH, SHAKE, KICK AND SHOUT - instr.
BUTANE
777 THE CHEVELLES 1963
ANOTHER TEAR MUST FALL (Roy Cohen, Tommy Moers, Sam Kaplan)
IT'S GOODBYE (Roy Cohen, Tommy Moers)
[this is probably a Detroit record]
778 THE MAR-VELLS BB DEC 28, 1963
GO ON AND HAVE YOURSELF A BALL (Dee Ervin, J B Willingham)
HOW DO I KEEP THE GIRLS AWAY (J B Willingham, Irving Barlin)
779 THE LADDINS 1963
DREAM BABY
DIZZY JONES' BIRDLAND (Earl Marcus)
ANGIE
1002 THE CHARLETTES 1962
THE FIGHT'S NOT OVER (C Singleton, K Rogers, J Tansey)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO OUR LOVE
1003 THE LADDINS 1963
PUSH, SHAKE, KICK AND SHOUT
PUSH, SHAKE, KICK AND SHOUT - instr.
1005 THE LADDINS 1963
GO ON AND HAVE YOURSELF A BALL
HOW DO I KEEP THE GIRLS AWAY
1790 THE LADDINS
I'LL KISS YOUR TEARDROPS AWAY
IF YOU NEED ME I'LL BE THERE
Writer credits are, in the main, drawn from the BMI database -
additions / corrections are very welcome.
The Charlettes on Angie, if I remember correctly, became the Toys
on Dynovoice.
I'm not certain about this but I think Angie 1790 was distributed
by Mercury - the catalogue number looks as if it fits into the
numbering series for the Smash label.
"J Northern" in the writer credits for the Alice Wonder Land
single on United International label is Jimmy Northern a
prolific songwriter with many Northern Soul credits.
Davie Gordon
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:51:47 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Merry Clayton @ musica
Now playing @ musica:
> The Kane Triplets "Spanish Boy" (Kapp 596, 1964); Written by
> Rudy Clark, produced by Allen Stanton, arranged by Mort Garson.
John DeAngelis:
> I like that track, Mick! Any chance of this one finding its
> way onto one of your fine compilations?
Maybe, maybe not. But in the meantime, try the Merry Clayton
version, now also playing @ musica:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica
Details are: Merry Clayton "La La Jace Song (Spanish Boy)"
(Capitol 5164, 1964) Written by Rudy Clark. Produced by T.M.
Productions.
Merry was born on December 25th, hence the name. She was just a
kid when she made cut her Capitol sides. Great pipes.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:54:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: Merry Clayton @ musica
Mick Patrick wrote:
> ... in the meantime, try the Merry Clayton version, now also playing
> @ musica: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica
> Details are: Merry Clayton "La La Jace Song (Spanish Boy)" (Capitol
> 5164, 1964) Written by Rudy Clark. Produced by T.M. Productions.
> Merry was born on December 25th, hence the name. She was just a kid
> when she made cut her Capitol sides. Great pipes.
She also not only sang back-up vocals on The Rolling Stones' "Gimme
Shelter", but recorded THE killer version of the song herself. Ode 70
(1971).
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:28:23 -0800
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: The Mark IV
Davie Gordon:
> Al's right - they're the same group. If I remember rightly they
> were from the Chicago area and were managed by Eddie Mascari and
> Erwin "Dutch" Wenzlaff:
> ...
> THE MARK IV (Cosmic 704) 02/58
> SHAKE (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
> FORTY FIVE R.P.M. (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
>
> THE MARK IV (Mercury 71403) 01/59
> I GOT A WIFE (Mascari, Wenzlaff)
> AH-OO-GAH (Mascari, Wenzlaff) ...
Yes, I knew IGAW was connected with Eddie & Dutch, but didn't know
any details of the Cosmic release. What I'd really like is to know
who the members of the group were, just to see if there was any
connection to the Mark IV on Tee Pee (Wisconsin) from 1969.
In my search I spoke to the widow of a member of another Mark IV
that is unrelated to either one. I also spoke with either Eddie or
Dutch a few years ago, too. (Without checkng my files, I forget
which one, but the other one is deceased), but didn't get any real
useful info.
gem
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:14:10 +0000
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Re: Terry Melcher, R.I.P.
Kingsley Abbott wrote:
> Have just read about the death of Terry Melcher, writer, artist and
> producer of so many wonderful sounds in the sixteis and seventies.
> Along with Bruce Johnston, he was Bruce and Terry, much of the
> recorded Rip Chords and many other one-off songs in the Surf era.
> Then as first producer for the Byrds and others, and production work
> here in the UK later on. A real talent who will be sorely missed.
Absolutely Kingsley, well said.
One day Bruce Johnston told me to check out Doris Day's album, 'Love
Him', which came out in 1963 and was produced by Terry. Now I had
always had a softish spot for Terry's mother, from her movies, so i
took little persuading. I have to tell you the 'Love Him' album is just
wonderful. It will appeal to many on the list if they'd give it a
listen. It's out as a two-fer with Doris Day's 'Latin For Lovers' LP
from 1964 - another gem.
Richard
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:07:00 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Brit Invasion / Radio London Hit lists / Terry Melcher
Hi, in talking to my brother yesterday, he mentioned a cool site he
found. It is a site all about Radio London in the 60's. Lotsa great
pic sleeve scans, info on artists (both hitmakers and obscure), and
especially cool for me, the Top 40 charts Jan 65 to August 67
including week 9/19/65 in which my fave 60's song, "Look Through Any
Window" ousts Bob Dylan (and Al Kooper's) "Like a Rolling Stone" out
of #1! My brother also mentioned that he is going to be in the
England and Wales in March, 2005 and is wondering if there is a site
listing 60's artists performing live in those countries while he
would be there. Any ideas??
Also, I'd like to share in mentioning the loss of Terry Melcher. His
music as artist, writer, producer is so immense, how could anyone not
miss him? I posted "Be a Soldier" (as Terry Day) last year to Musica
and wish it could get onto legit Cd someday. His music will always
be a major part of 60's rock n roll. Rest in peace.
Clark
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